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Perfect grade wing zero review11/2/2023 ![]() ![]() Second: Turn the Head and Waist 180° and remove the hands. They attach to each other via a simple slide lock. Yes! The moment you’ve all been so eagerly waiting (maybe? Kinda?)! The first step is to tuck away the shields mounts, and fold away the Rifle’s handle. They’re also fairly articulate, so you can freely adjust them to counter normally impossible poses (like the one above. But just big enough to affect the kits balance. The good thing about the Wing Gundam’s, uh, wings, is that they’re not TOO big. Fantastic pose? Hell yes! And impossible without those wings. Now here is a great place to come back to balance issues. The Buster Rifle prevents and serious movement (but the elbow can still bend past 90 degrees!) The talons also get in articulations way, but you can just bend them forward and you’ll be fine. The only noticeable problem is in the elbows. But not with this! It can do almost everything better than your average Master Grade, AND it transforms! I don’t know how it does it. Usually with transformable models, there’s always some catch: less articulation, odd proportions, fragility and weakness, instability, etc. Kneeling is a cinch! I’m very surprised with this kits flexibility. You can move it around with ease, it’s definitely one of those kits that you’ll be grabbing off the shelf a while after it’s done! The legs are triple jointed(I’ll get to that)! Over-all, it’s a very well composed feeling kit. (The smaller version of the two has a different focus, and makes a rather nice desktop wallpaper!) So this thing is fantastic in action! The arms don’t sag, at all. To use another word: Ingenious! _In Action!_ This design actually helps keep the kit upright in Bird Mode, and not just flop off the stand. ![]() ![]() Notice its asymmetrical shape (the left side is more square). It sounds kind of complicated, but it makes the model feel more like a larger, human-driven, robot. At this point you could leave it (recommended), or open another, smaller, hatch and close the main one (not recommended). You don’t just open a hatch: You have to pull out the chest, and then raise it enough to drop the bottom half out. I like that! The bottom bit of photos demonstrates the cockpit opening. They really kept close to the original design, while still improving it bit by bit. The upper body detail is boring! In a good way! Bandai didn’t just slap on a load of unnecessary panel lines and vents and what-not. And to counter that, the model does have a pretty big-ass gun/shield combo (though it handles itself well without both!). The very bottom of them aren’t just wing tips, they’re vents! Now as you saw up above, the wings do have a fancy extension gimmick. As you fold the shield apart, the beam saber hilt literally peaks out, letting you (ahem, the Gundam…) grab it. Brilliant! The joints in the arm are more than capable of holding the gun up too! It’s nice to see Bandai put a lot of thought and care into their models!Īnd once more! The shield folds in half to reveal a beam saber (you’d think it should be on the inside of the shield…?). It folds forward and clips onto the butt of the gun. But that’s not enough! The hand still sags! So Bandai takes what’s already there (the talon on the arm) and puts it to use. The hand actually has a larger peg that just slides into the handle of the gun (which is more or less hollow). Here is genius! To help keep the gun more stable in the hand, Bandai abandoned the classic snap-on feature of models past (and present). I even like what they did with the wings! _Up Close_ It’s overtly large shield even fits in well with the design. but still!) The Master Grade, however, does not need to shift its proportions. Not to mention the proportions always shifted to fit the show (I know, more of a drawing thing than a design thing. I mean, look at it! It’s overzealous shoulders. I mean, look at the original from the show: The first thing I noticed about this kit is its proportions. They were kind of boring! ^^ _First Look_ Sadly, there’s no runner photos today! Or decal scans… >.>’ You’re not missing much, though. But now, after I actually own it -after I’ve actually built it- I feel kind of sad. The only thing I could do when I first heard about it, was smile. It’s what got me indoctrinated into Gundam, and eventually Gunpla. I mean, why release a Master Grade now? But on the other side, Gundam Wing was the Gundam series I (and a lot of other kids at the time) first watched. On one side, it had been 15 years since Gundam Wing first aired (in 1995!). When the Master Grade Wing Gundam came out, I didn’t know what to feel. ![]()
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